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Fig. 1. Abraham Lincoln, oil on canvas by Ned Bittenger (2004). Congressman Lincoln's image bore little relation to the
more famous, iconic image associated with the bearded president. At least one other known photograph is contemporaneous
with his time in the House, but this modern rendering is based on the most famous pre-bearded Lincoln image, taken by
Mathew Brady on the day Lincoln delivered his famous Cooper Union Address on 27 February 1860—11 years aer leav-
ing Congress. e artist shows the Congressman sitting in roughly the location of his seat in the historic House chamber, now
National Statuary Hall.
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